AMAZING 1976 Exxon industrial musical - STILL SEALED

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If you've seen "Bathtubs Over Broadway" or read "Everything's Coming Up Profits," you know that private pressing "industrial musical" souvenir albums are some of the rarest and weirdest records in existence. These motivational musicals were only for dealers, salesmen, distributors and other industry insiders at sales meetings and conventions, and the souvenir vinyl records were not available to the public. And many of these shows boasted outstanding music and performances along with the bizarre corporate subject matter.

I'm the collector and historian profiled in the documentary "Bathtubs Over Broadway," and the co-author of "Everything's Coming Up Profits - The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals." I'm thinning out my stash of duplicates, and offering an assortment of records that range from the scarce, to the very rare, to the "you'll probably never encounter this again."

Announcing an opportunity to get a great though relatively common show, "The Spirit of Achievement," the 1976 Exxon convention musical -- with the twist that it's STILL SEALED.

This is top-shelf 70's industrial. Assuming you open it and play it, you'll enjoy songs by the very talented Claibe Richardson. Standout numbers include "Dealer's Heaven," about all the ways your Exxon station will run better in the afterlife... "Up Came Oil," a hard-driving and memorable history lesson about petroleum and its uses... the eye-rolling "Spirit of Bureaucracy" and "Efficiency," which chafe at government regulation... "We Got 'Em" and "The Customer Is Everything," about how to give great service and build customer loyalty... and there's a slew of songs about free enterprise and the American entrepreneurial spirit.
A selection from this show is heard in "Bathtubs Over Broadway," and cast member Peter Shawn is featured in the documentary.

An attractive, bicentennial-patriotic front cover design which is repeated on the record labels. The back has extensive credits and a track listing.

This copy is perfect -- STILL SEALED. 

NOTE: the images of the labels ARE FROM A DIFFERENT COPY OF THE RECORD, and ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. No human being has seen the vinyl of this copy since it was sealed 46 years ago!

Don't miss this chance to grab a primo 70's industrial show souvenir album. And if you're a gas/oil memorabilia collector, don't let industrial show collectors have all the fun!

Check out my other listings for many more killer examples of this deliciously strange and secret slice of American musical and corporate history, including another Exxon show that's also STILL SEALED.

Buyers of multiple records get a break on shipping charges.